Skate-fastening



laced in front. serving to keepthe boot easv "UNITED STATES PATENToFFIoE.

THOMAS P. COSTELLO, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

SKATE-FASTENING.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that .I, THOMAS P. Cos'rELLo. of llnti'alo. in the county ofErie. State of Xew York. have invented a new and Improved Skate, which Idesignate a "Bootblk'atef and I do hereby declare that the following isa full and exact description thereof. reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference and figures markedthereon.

X0. 1. in drawing shows socket-box at B both in sole of boot andseparate. and sockethaving movable tongue or latch 71. in, the middle ofthe heel of the boot and also separate. No. :2 in drawing letter C.shows the perches. or rests. (Z I on blade. X0. 3 in drawing shows theupright bolt 0 c on the perches or rests rZ Vwith the catch 6. X0. 4:.letter A in drawing shows the boot and skate attached when on the foot.which I designate a boot skate.

My invention consists in the attachment of the blade or runnerof a skateto a boot made for the purpose without the aid of exterior straps orligaments to bind the boot and runner together.

To enable others to make and vention I will describe it.

I construct a boot A of any usual material waterproof or otherwise;within this boot I form lateral tongues extending from the heel andmeeting on the instep which areuse' 1n v inand always in good shape.This arrangement I do not claim, as it will not atl' ect the object Ihave. in view. I

I form a sole of cork. or any other light wood. covered with leather andsufficiently thick to admit in the middle of the heel a metal socket (4.having a movable tongue orl 26,341, dated December- 1859.

the'sole a socket box B of the same material having a slot. with sidesbeveled withm. The steel blade or runner. G. is of the usual shape orform for skates, but having two' upright, bolts 0 0 with. a perch orrest Z (l to each. The upright bolt 0 when introduced into thesocket-box B slides in a hori zontal slot made therein and forms a closedovetail or lock-joint. The uprightbolt c is then introduced intothesocket a and is held by the latch Z) at the catch 6 keeping socket a byholding the boot with the left. hand the toe toward the breastpressingthe thumb on the shank close up to the heel and bending the boot inwardthe runnercan be easily removed from the socketa and then the bolt 0from the socket box B by pressing fied.

THOMAS P. COSTELLO.- IVitnesses GEORGE L. Fownnn, Mom. 0. Bacon.

] latch Z) in its center, and in the center of S. W. MARSH.

Breech-Loading Fire-Arm.

No. 26,362. Patented "Dec. 6, 1859.

Ma W44 NJETERS. PHDTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON, [1Q

